Comparative Human Development

Child alone at window

A deaf child gained hearing—then lost it. Was there a better way to help?

Reciprocal gesture

What nearly all languages have in common—whether you speak or sign

Community matters in suicide prevention, study finds

Comparative Human Development celebrates 75th anniversary

Dolphins keep lifelong social memories, longest in a non-human species

Richard Shweder BW

Richard A. Shweder

Title: Harold Higgins Swift Distinguished Service Professor

Expertise: Cultural anthropology, Psychology, Comparative Human Development

Departmental website: https://humdev.uchicago.edu/directory/richard-shweder